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blackberry is hoping to be a bigger player against samsung and apple. the z-10, the company's new touch-screen phone, allows users to use multiple apps at a time. the phone prices in at $199, and is available with at&t, verizon and t-mobile. barnes & noble is giving away gadgets this week. the bookstore chain is offering free nook simple-touch e-readers to customers who buy the nook hd tablet. the nook simple-touch did not catch on with consumers as well as the company anticipated. it may be doing the give-away to push the product out the door. the deal ends saturday. the usual suspects top forbes' list of the richest billionaires in the world. 1,426 billionaires are on the list this year. the net worth of those on the list? a staggering $5.4 trillion. carlos slim-helu tops the list again this year with $73 billion in the bank. bill gates slides in the number 2 spot with $67 billion. amancio ortega of retailer zara is third, followed by, of course, mr. buffett himself and oracle's larry ellison. still to come, how a tip-off from march madness can bring
blackberry is hoping to be a bigger player against samsung and apple. the z-10, the company's new touch-screen phone, allows users to use multiple apps at a time. the phone prices in at $199, and is available with at&t, verizon and t-mobile. barnes & noble is giving away gadgets this week. the bookstore chain is offering free nook simple-touch e-readers to customers who buy the nook hd tablet. the nook simple-touch did not catch on with consumers as well as the company anticipated. it...
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it's similar to an iphone or samsung. i like it better than the samsung because it has a metal body instead of the plastic body. if you want something iphone-like, you don't want a plastic bodied phone. >> you can do everything on the phones? >> we're pretty much a parity with the phones. they all take good pictures. they all run popular apps. they all surf the web, do facebook and twitter. you're buying on which one you like better in terms of design and the special things they do. >> what kind of innovation are you expecting? what would you expect for the smartphone market and how things evolve? >> i think we're going to see a move towards bigger screens, five-inch, even a little bigger as people use these instead of their laptops or tablets. you don't have to take the big shoulder back with you with the laptop, and maybe things like motion control, like you hover your hand over it instead of tapping it or eye control where you can scroll up and down by look agent the phone. >> wow. they're talking to us. they're touchi
it's similar to an iphone or samsung. i like it better than the samsung because it has a metal body instead of the plastic body. if you want something iphone-like, you don't want a plastic bodied phone. >> you can do everything on the phones? >> we're pretty much a parity with the phones. they all take good pictures. they all run popular apps. they all surf the web, do facebook and twitter. you're buying on which one you like better in terms of design and the special things they do....
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less talk about samsung's. blackberry tomorrow. fair enough. that's a samsung. galaxy's really picking up market share. you're not worried about that. >> not worried about it. there seems to be so much attention. in all this talk. if you look at mobile phone units to year-over-year at over 29% in the fourth quarter. since i grew 12. there is a big misperception that samsung is doing so much better. smart phones. and what they're doing is moving their feature phone business is more fun. it makes this more fun growth look much higher, but the way to get rid of this is silicon mobile phone and apple & by almost threefold. cheryl: blackberry is releasing the blackberry ten tomorrow. >> not a threat at all. think it is a worthy effort that will keep them in the game. probably more of a threat to android. cheryl: apple filed a patent. he dropped the phone, it prevents it from shattering which is been one of the beckham plans for users to my phones. deasy to break. is this a game change? to you factor this in? i think that's a useful feature. cheryl: you did come back
less talk about samsung's. blackberry tomorrow. fair enough. that's a samsung. galaxy's really picking up market share. you're not worried about that. >> not worried about it. there seems to be so much attention. in all this talk. if you look at mobile phone units to year-over-year at over 29% in the fourth quarter. since i grew 12. there is a big misperception that samsung is doing so much better. smart phones. and what they're doing is moving their feature phone business is more fun. it...
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samsung says it's developing a so-called smart watch. this on the heels of rumor that apple is working on its own version of a wearable gadget. can samsung pull it off? and who would want a smart watch? who is that appealing to? ben baharon is with me, but roger kay has his doubts. roger, you don't think a smart watch is something that will really catch on. why? >> well, maria, people have stopped wearing watches about five years ago when they started using their smartphones. and unless it's a piece of jewelry, mostly people would rather just use their phones for now. >> ben, what do you think? >> i think there's a couple things. i think that, you know, thinking about this as a watch is probably the wrong way. if you look at something like the nike fuel band, it has time keeping capabilities in it, but it is not actually a watch. it's just one feature of that. i think the value proposition is more, you know, in lines with what wearable computers mean for us in the future and this just happens to be one that's worn on our wrist, and proba
samsung says it's developing a so-called smart watch. this on the heels of rumor that apple is working on its own version of a wearable gadget. can samsung pull it off? and who would want a smart watch? who is that appealing to? ben baharon is with me, but roger kay has his doubts. roger, you don't think a smart watch is something that will really catch on. why? >> well, maria, people have stopped wearing watches about five years ago when they started using their smartphones. and unless...
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and probably have south korean products in our home and use them everyday including products made by samsung, lg. while officials investigate it,t proves how costly cyber crime is. the south korean index is down about 1%, this is shut down in many parts of this nation and something that has really caught the attention of businesses, government officials, the military, etc. in this nation as well. we are seeing it happen more and more across the entire globe. connell: we're definitely talking about it more and more. i wonder, in south korea, this is not exactly news. it may be the political sensitivity of it happening now with north korea, south korea conflict was back in the news so much. >> they do have and they are happening more and more not just in south korea, but across the world. covering some of the cyber attack issues this nation is tackling, businesses are tackling. it is all about the timing and the sensitivity and how pervasive it was. again, broadcasters, television screens going blank, not a military attack, it was financial institutions, something that was so widely ceased by
and probably have south korean products in our home and use them everyday including products made by samsung, lg. while officials investigate it,t proves how costly cyber crime is. the south korean index is down about 1%, this is shut down in many parts of this nation and something that has really caught the attention of businesses, government officials, the military, etc. in this nation as well. we are seeing it happen more and more across the entire globe. connell: we're definitely talking...
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i think the fact that the samsung phones, the galaxy 4 will be wildly popular. apple will also have a winner. both second half stories. the qualcomm s-4 won't be in stores until april. that is the galaxy note are going to push them. that's all good for qualcomm. they make chips for everybody. so i like qualcomm. >> based on your votes out there, qualcomm beats microsoft. so the winner is still microsoft because of three to two. >> right. exactly. equal to you. georgetown education paying off right there. to see the full bracket in our competition, log on and remember you can get in on the game by tweeting us at cnbc fast money. tell us which stocks you're picking. there will never be any ties because you of course are the fifth trader. now let's get to your fast money madness pick from someone who knows his way around a basketball court. our next guest is the general manager of the indiana pacers and author of help the helper, building a culture of extreme team work. good to have you with us. >> great to be here. >> you're a long-term watcher of the show. so i k
i think the fact that the samsung phones, the galaxy 4 will be wildly popular. apple will also have a winner. both second half stories. the qualcomm s-4 won't be in stores until april. that is the galaxy note are going to push them. that's all good for qualcomm. they make chips for everybody. so i like qualcomm. >> based on your votes out there, qualcomm beats microsoft. so the winner is still microsoft because of three to two. >> right. exactly. equal to you. georgetown education...
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i mean, again, why do you have to choose apple or samsung? sell shelves during the gold rush and sell chains during the smartphone wars. that's the way to go, and qualcomm just raised their dividend. a good buyback plan now. they are terrific. >> i've got a question for you. you do a lot of asset allocation, keep talking about the great rotation going over five years. are you starting to advise your clients to lighten up on bonds and go more into equities or just sticking with equities? how do you see that? >> asset allocation for wealthy individuals includes everything so we have stocks, bonds, a lot of cash. wealthy individuals hold over 25% cash generally. >> are you moving more out of bonds into equities as a lot of people are talking about? >> we've had a lot of buy and hold bonds. had great bonds that we bought three years ago. you won't get the coupon when the bonds mature so as the bonds mature you really have to look at where else can you get yield and, unfortunately, you won't get the yield in the high grade corporate bonds. you hav
i mean, again, why do you have to choose apple or samsung? sell shelves during the gold rush and sell chains during the smartphone wars. that's the way to go, and qualcomm just raised their dividend. a good buyback plan now. they are terrific. >> i've got a question for you. you do a lot of asset allocation, keep talking about the great rotation going over five years. are you starting to advise your clients to lighten up on bonds and go more into equities or just sticking with equities?...
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a ton of money off this not just samsung, but a lot of other companies and this is a grand slam. stuart: sorry, a grand slam? >> a grand slam. it's a high beta stock and could be more volatile than normal. stuart: what's the name? >> immersion. stuart: immersion. i've got it. new york's mayor mike bloomberg. i jumped the gun. hold on a second. new york's mayor mike bloomberg, he says the poor need guidance and a nanny, dare i suggest that he might be right? here is my take. in obama's world, i am forced to be my brother's keeper. i am taxed to the hilt. i pay the bills for others. i fund medicaid, i fund food stamps. i buy the cell phones and subsidized housing. i pay the heating bills, college costs and pay for just about everything else, including tattoo removal. so, why shouldn't i have some say in the behavior of the people getting my money? you could make the case that guzzling soda helps make you obese so maybe mayor bloomberg is right to try to ban large sugary drinks, after all, i am paying for diabetes treatments. trans fats bad for your house. since obamacare makes me p
a ton of money off this not just samsung, but a lot of other companies and this is a grand slam. stuart: sorry, a grand slam? >> a grand slam. it's a high beta stock and could be more volatile than normal. stuart: what's the name? >> immersion. stuart: immersion. i've got it. new york's mayor mike bloomberg. i jumped the gun. hold on a second. new york's mayor mike bloomberg, he says the poor need guidance and a nanny, dare i suggest that he might be right? here is my take. in...
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the comparison to samsung, i get, but isn't it unfair given samsung's stock, to say that samsung has been flat since its launch and that's probably a victory for shares of samsung who have had a tremendous run. >> melissa, i think the worry is here's the samsung product that will displace the apple iphone. that didn't happen and the reviews were mixed. it's a great product and it's a formidable competitor for apple and going forward it it will be apple's turn and we expect new product launches in the summer. the stock is going to back and fill here probably for the next quarter, but -- >> go ahead. let's be clear about the next quarter. even today piper jaffray is reiterating its overweight in the price target and there's another analyst saying we believe that the current street numbers are too high for march and june. it is going to get bumpy on the announcements here, isn't it? >> it is, and i think what you're seeing is a lot of investors have expected this dividend announcement. we expect to see that dividend announcement when they announce the quarter and hopefully that will tak
the comparison to samsung, i get, but isn't it unfair given samsung's stock, to say that samsung has been flat since its launch and that's probably a victory for shares of samsung who have had a tremendous run. >> melissa, i think the worry is here's the samsung product that will displace the apple iphone. that didn't happen and the reviews were mixed. it's a great product and it's a formidable competitor for apple and going forward it it will be apple's turn and we expect new product...
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it's meant to be out there competing with samsung devices and also apple products. wile we've son-in-lonly about t sold here at this story, there are still a lot of blackberry fans out there that are praising this device. >> blackberries have always had the best keyboards, but the way they implemented this with swooip with auto complete is pretty cool. the way to peek at your key hub, and the integration with facebook and twitter. so you can have a hub of all your interactions is, i think, a neat feature. >> now, as that gentleman said, obviously, there are a lot of users out there that are noticing these differences and it's blackberry who are hoping they'll like it and embrace the phone and hopefully pick up a little bit of market share. but just as the z-10 is making its debut, there are also reports out that apple is going to be coming out with the iphone 5s and the ipad 5. that would be on june 29th, according to those reports. so the smartphone wars are really far from over. and i want to mention that blackberry shares are down significantly this afternoon, mo
it's meant to be out there competing with samsung devices and also apple products. wile we've son-in-lonly about t sold here at this story, there are still a lot of blackberry fans out there that are praising this device. >> blackberries have always had the best keyboards, but the way they implemented this with swooip with auto complete is pretty cool. the way to peek at your key hub, and the integration with facebook and twitter. so you can have a hub of all your interactions is, i...
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. >> samsung is down the street unveiling new tv things today. sony is right in front of you right now. what do you do? >> sony is an interesting stock. when you go back a year ago, they were trading over $20. it got under $10 a share and now it's back to $17. low volumes. i'm not sure what they're doing. they haven't recovered since the walkman failed versus everything apple. they have the potential of going forward with the watch. only one analyst following the name, i think there are other names you'd rather be in. >> ag etf. >> i think in the long run this is probably a secular bull market still. i think agricultural is a long run bull story, but if dollar strength continues you could see weakness. >> holly frontier? >> the crack spreads are working for them big time, judge. that's not going to abite. i continue to like this one. gasoline prices, i don't like this, but if you're a shareholder of holly, you have done this. gas line prices up 45 cents per gallon this year. who does that go to? it goes to guys like this,h hfc. >> give me the int
. >> samsung is down the street unveiling new tv things today. sony is right in front of you right now. what do you do? >> sony is an interesting stock. when you go back a year ago, they were trading over $20. it got under $10 a share and now it's back to $17. low volumes. i'm not sure what they're doing. they haven't recovered since the walkman failed versus everything apple. they have the potential of going forward with the watch. only one analyst following the name, i think there...
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if i can go to best buy and look at my samsung 52-inch and buy it there because i know i'm getting best price guarantees, i'm going there. i mean -- >> good point. let's take the hops and drops. we've got a pop here first solar up 6%. tim? >> sun tech power, which is the massive chinese player filing for bankruptcy is putting at least a positive spin on the rest of the sector which is that overproduction and lack of discipline in this space may be coming to an end. good for the leaders and first solar is a leader. >> pop for c.o.p. >> yet another street fight name. we talked about they're spending a lot of money looking for oil out there. guess what, people are starting to find oil out there. we said that's the missing link for these guys and the stock is lagging, it should rally. there we go. >> pop for lennar, up 5%. >> yeah, great earnings today. the interesting thing about lennar, house prices are rising faster than the costs. that's great for the company. these housing stocks have gone a lot farther than i ever thought they would. but it's the energizer bunny keeps going. >> drop f
if i can go to best buy and look at my samsung 52-inch and buy it there because i know i'm getting best price guarantees, i'm going there. i mean -- >> good point. let's take the hops and drops. we've got a pop here first solar up 6%. tim? >> sun tech power, which is the massive chinese player filing for bankruptcy is putting at least a positive spin on the rest of the sector which is that overproduction and lack of discipline in this space may be coming to an end. good for the...
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. >> i think it's three things, the first was samsung was going to launch its phone and it turned out to be not a threat. blackberry is launching and the jury is out. the third thing is that it's the should have, would of, could have, it's all the people sitting there saying, damn it, i should have bought it at 430 and now are chasing it higher. >> what about the fact you're going into a weekend, people are speculating about the dividend. >> right. which was done this time last year. >> exactly. when we were down in orlando covering an event and doing our show from there, the dividend was announced on a monday morning at the same time of year. so people are clearly at least some people trying to get ahead of what they perceive to be a moment that's going to happen sooner rather than later, right, weiss? >> greed, greed. >> isn't that part of it? >> and the stock traded up into the dividend announcement but it was only up 3% afterwards. >> but the stock did not move in the weeks that followed aggressively but it did move over the course of the next three to six months. so from that mom
. >> i think it's three things, the first was samsung was going to launch its phone and it turned out to be not a threat. blackberry is launching and the jury is out. the third thing is that it's the should have, would of, could have, it's all the people sitting there saying, damn it, i should have bought it at 430 and now are chasing it higher. >> what about the fact you're going into a weekend, people are speculating about the dividend. >> right. which was done this time...
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the z-10 is blackberry's device looking to compete with samsung and also with apple. its completely touch screen and lost that keyboard that so many users like. according to com score blackberry has 8% of the smartphone market compared with 50% with android and 34% with apple. blackberry used to have 39% of the share. we do have one of the phones here. looking at it earlier. obviously it's sleek. it's got that 4.2-inch screen, the touch screen that we talked about. it's got an 8 megapixel camera. doesn't have a lot of buttons on it, nothing like the iphone with the home screen and, of course, can you see that it's got the icons for the ap pz as well. 100 apps available at the digital store where there's 700 in the case of the iphone. simon, over to you. >> do you like it, jackie? >> reporter: you know, i liked it, but i think it's going to take a little getting used to. i do have an ipad, used the iphone of friends of mine. intuitively different, tried to make it different on purpose so i think it will take a while to get used to. >> the view on blackberry sales. let'
the z-10 is blackberry's device looking to compete with samsung and also with apple. its completely touch screen and lost that keyboard that so many users like. according to com score blackberry has 8% of the smartphone market compared with 50% with android and 34% with apple. blackberry used to have 39% of the share. we do have one of the phones here. looking at it earlier. obviously it's sleek. it's got that 4.2-inch screen, the touch screen that we talked about. it's got an 8 megapixel...
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it takes on market leaders apple and samsung and they have soared more than 150% in just the past six months. 150 -- i mean, this is a classic sort of dash for trash that we've seen so far this year. >> i like that, yes. where there are a lot of stocks that people questioned the future of the stocks and they questioned the quality of the stocks and these are the ones that had been gaining. >> right. blackberry, bed bath and beyond, best buy, hewlett-packard. >> yes. >> all companies thought to be on the ropes and all companies resurgent and all companies very inexpensive if they get it right. if they get it right, blackberry has no problem. >> eric schmidt will be in line because he's using one with the keyboard so he would have to wait for the q10 and not the z10 because ironically he uses a blackberry. he likes the keyboard. >> i'll tell you what's ironic, when i went to my college reunion. steve ballmer was using a nokia. why? microsoft -- >> exactly. he said look at this. oh, my god, i've never seen one of those. >> because nobody has one. >> if he'd pulled out a blackberry, it wo
it takes on market leaders apple and samsung and they have soared more than 150% in just the past six months. 150 -- i mean, this is a classic sort of dash for trash that we've seen so far this year. >> i like that, yes. where there are a lot of stocks that people questioned the future of the stocks and they questioned the quality of the stocks and these are the ones that had been gaining. >> right. blackberry, bed bath and beyond, best buy, hewlett-packard. >> yes. >>...
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a lot of their revenue comes from samsung. what a client to have. it is one that people should take a look at. i think it will be a huge when. less than $11. tracy: 66. charles: we are down four or five dollars. i wish i would have jumped on it then. tracy: what does this do to apple? charles: i don't know. tracy: good stuff. we have to go down to washington, d.c. we have breaking news. bernanke speaking. peter barnes got a sneak peek. peter: he wants to talk today about currency. we will have to wait for the q&a for any comments on cyprus and the banking system there. in his remarks, bernanke dismisses critics. he does not mention japan by name, but the yen has tanked since japan announced more stimulus. due to these policies, currency wars, he says that no, the benefits are not created. they, instead from the support for domestic demand. moreover because of stronger growth in each economy. it has the beneficial spillovers to trading partners. there will be a test later. thank you. ashley: there are always two sides of the story. central banks have
a lot of their revenue comes from samsung. what a client to have. it is one that people should take a look at. i think it will be a huge when. less than $11. tracy: 66. charles: we are down four or five dollars. i wish i would have jumped on it then. tracy: what does this do to apple? charles: i don't know. tracy: good stuff. we have to go down to washington, d.c. we have breaking news. bernanke speaking. peter barnes got a sneak peek. peter: he wants to talk today about currency. we will have...